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'Nothing is guaranteed': In Bucknell, MSU braces for quality foe

Matt Charboneau and Bob Wojnowski of The Detroit News talk about Michigan State playing at Little Caesars Arena, and facing No. 14 seed Bucknell. The Detroit News

East Lansing — There’s a reason the NCAA Tournament is referred to by the phrase March Madness.

Michigan State understands that as well as any team. It was just two years ago, as the favorite to win the national championship, that the Spartans didn’t make it out of their first game. That day in St. Louis, Michigan State became the eighth 2-seed to get eliminated by a 15-seed when Middle Tennessee State pulled off the 90-81 upset.